Hi all, need some guidance on how to troubleshoot this issue. I have completely renovated my White Water and have put everything back together. Everything is working except I just noticed that when the ball rolls over the Rapids Ramp Main switch (insanity falls ramp) I occasionally would get an extra ball. I ran the switch test and triggering the Rapids Ramp Main switch first triggers the Extra Ball switch, then the Bigfoot Cave switch and finally the correct Rapids Ramp Main switch.

All other switches work fine and I can trigger Extra Ball and the Bigfoot Cave switch and they work normally. Seem to only be the Rapids Ramp Main switch that triggers other switches. Could this be a faulty switch altogether, or a short somewhere. Needs some advice on where to start troubleshooting.

Thanks!!
/S

Thanks, I downloaded the OZ made Pintrix to help me troubleshoot. =)

Just one question, would a bad switch be able to cause this? IE, considering it's only the Rapids Ramp Main switch that causes the other triggers to go off, would it be possible that the actual switch is broken? Or would this be caused by a broken diode? If so how can I test the diodes?

I'll go through all cables today.

/Stefan

Going through it right now.. =) Already found one issue, the Extra Ball switch, middle pin was touching one of the diods. Unfortunately, I still have the issue so going through everything up to down.

Is there a risk that a diod is broken? Any way I can test with my DMM?

Thanks!!

While going through each switch, I found below. Some goo coming out of the diod. So how do I test the diod? Remove one leg, then? =)

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Puh, spent half my Sunday going through every switch and found a few issues, diod short as well as exactly what you guys suggested, I put one of the cables on the wrong end of the diod. Re-soldered and it's all good! YAY! I can now play my White Water after it being down for about 3 weeks.. the whole family suffered which is why I'm looking to buy a 2nd pin now. lol

Thanks all! Without the community here I'm sure I'd be playing a lot less pinball! =)